Banaras : urban forms and cultural histories /: urban forms and cultural histories. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael S. Dodson.
• Editors: Dodson, Michael S, 1968-
• Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Constructing Historical Identities for the City 1. City of Negotiations: Urban Space and Narrative in Banaras Madhuri Desai 2. Material Truths and Religious Identities: The Archaeological and Photographic Making of Banaras Sudeshna Guha Part II: Histories Lost and Recovered 3. Hiding in Plain Sight: Gosains on the Ghats, 1809 William R. Pinch 4. The Lost and Small Histories of the City of Patronage: Poor Mughal Pensioners in Colonial Banaras Malavika Kasturi Part III: Architecture and Fragments of the Modern City 5. The Shadows of Modernity in Banaras Michael S. Dodson 6. A Hindu Temple of Learning: The Hybridization of Religion and Architecture Leah Renold Part IV: Literature and Urban Identity 7. Literary Modernity in the Holy City Vasudha Dalmia 8. 'The Alleyways of Banaras' and 'The Ka'aba of Hindustan': Varanasi through Banarsi Muslim Poetry Christopher Lee. Bibliography. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors. Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 954.2; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Civilization; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000058642
• Related ISBNs: 9781000365641; 9781000058345; 9781000366082; 9781000058499; 9780367818210; 9781003157793
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